France won't wait on the rest of the European Union to start taxing big tech. French finance minister Bruno Le Maire says the country will move ahead with a new tax on Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon starting Jan. 1, 2019. The tax is expected to raise €500 million ($570 million) in 2019. France and…

Apple Inc. unveiled its biggest and most expensive iPhone lineup ever, but later reports of the company cutting supply orders raised questions about how well the models were connecting with consumers. Comcast Corp., though, later beat out Disney and Fox by agreeing to pay $38.8 billion for European pay-TV giant Sky PLC. AT&T Inc. was allowed to proceed with its $80 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc., after a federal judge ruled the Justice Department hadn?t proved its case that the deal would suppress competition in the pay-TV industry.